Cycle-stand and home trajner



(No Model.)

H. T. KINGSBURY.

CYCLE STAND AND HOME TRAINER.

No. 593,105. Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

Zb'e iwsaea- U ITED STATES PATENT Fries.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY, OF KEENE, NEYV HAMPSHIRE.

CYCLE-STAND AND HOME TRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,105, dated November2, 1897.

Application filed January 5, 1897. Serial No. 618,017.

(No model.)

1" o ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY T. Krncsnunv, a citizen of the United States,residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oycle- Stands andHome Trainers, of which the following is a description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in stands for bicycles, and alsocombines therewith an attachment whereby the bicycle may be used asan.exercising-machine when supported on the stand, and I therefore callmy device a bicycle-stand and home trainer, although it will beunderstood that so far as the supporting part is concerned it may beused as astand on which a bicycle may be placed while it is beingcleaned and oiled.

The object of the invention is to provide a device to which any wheelmay be applied without removing or loosening any of the nuts and whichbears the weight of the wheel and rider directly on the axles of themachine, bringing no unusual strain on the frame of the bicycle.Furthermore, no part of the supporting-stand comes in contact with anyenameled part of the bicycle, and when the exercising device is applieda cyclometer may be used in its usual position on the front wheel andoperate the same as in outdoor riding. Furthermore, the portions of theexercising device which bear on the wheel-tircs are adjustable fordifferent lengths of wheel-base and for giving such pressure on thetires as to furnish the resistance desired.

The device is simple in construction, occupies little space, and thebicycle can be read ily applied to and taken away from the stand.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1represents a side elevation of my invention, showing the bicyclesupported thereon. Fig. 2 is a rear view. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionshowing the way the clamp is applied to the axle-nut. Fig. 4 is a frontview of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the pulleys and itshanger by which motion is transmitted from the rear wheel tothe frontwheel.

In the drawings, Arepresents the supporting-standards for the bicycle,one of which is at the front and one at the rear. Each is composed ofthe upright pieces at, having at their upper ends grooves or recessesfor the reception of the nuts on the wheel-axles and having an inclinedangular extending part, as y 5, these two forming feet. These piecesalso have inwardly-extending parts or lugs c, which are pivotedtogether, as shown at d, the pivot-point being located above the feet.Thus the weight of the bicycle resting on the top of the arm 0. causesthe upper ends thereof to press inwardly, and thus prevent anypossibility of the wheel dropping. For clamping the bicycle-axle inplace and preventing its tipping sidewise the upper end of each of thearms A. Each clamp is formed-of the yoke-shaped piece 71., its two arms1'- being connected at their upper ends by a brace-piece k, each of saidarms i being pivoted to the upwardly and outwardly inclined arms Z011the standard A. Athuinbscrew on passes through the lower end of the yokeh and bears against the standard A, so that by turning the thumbscrew inone direction it recedes from its position against the arm a, and allowsthe hook-shaped end of the yoke to disengage the nut on the axle of thewheel, while in turning said thumbscrew in the other direction the lowerend of said yoke 7c is forced away from the upright a and its upper endcaused to engage the nut. The yoke h, instead of being formed as shownmay be a solid piece, but it is preferred to make it with an openingthrough it to allow of the passage of the step, which is usually locatedon the left end of the rear axle.

It will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to any specialconstruction of clamp, but to claim, broadly, any clamping devicearranged on the upper ends of the arms a, which engage the axle andprevent any sidewise tipping of the wheel. The balance of the frameworkof the stand is made up of the longitudinal brace-rods Z), which connectthe front and rear standards A, passing through openings in the arms 0,and, the stand ards A are, if desired, adjustable on said brace-rods bto allow for wheels having a different length of base. Upon thesebrace-rods are supported hangers, said hangers being clamps l areprovided'at composed of transverse bars '22 adjustable on the brace-rodsand having upwardly-extending inclined truss-rods united at their upperends to form a bearing for a grooved wheel adapted to fit against thetire of the bicyclewheel, said grooved wheel being also provided with agrooved part adapted to receive a belt which transmits motion from therear pulley O to the front pulley D. By means of the adjustments of thehangers they may be arranged to fit bicycles in Which the wheels arearranged at different distances apart, and the pressure upon the tiremay be also varied.

Various minor modifications and changes in the construction of thedevice may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. A bicycle-support comprising front and rearaxle-supporting standards each formed of a pair of transversely-alineduprights pivoted together near their lower ends to swing toward eachother at their upper ends, and spaced apart above said pivots to receivethe bicycle-wheels and permit them to rotate, substantially asdescribed.

2. A bicycle-support comprising the front and rear axle supportingstandards, each formed of a pair of transversely-aimed uprights pivotedtogether near their bases, spaced apart above their pivots to receivethe bicycle-wheels and provided at their upper ends with recesses orsockets'for the nuts on the ends of the axles, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a bicycle-support, a standard comprising a pair of uprightspivoted together near their lower ends,spaced apart thereabove toreceive the bicyole-wheel and recessed or sooketed at their upper endsfor the ends of the wheel-axle, and a clamp mounted on the end of eachupright to hold the axle down in the recesses or sockets, substantiallyas described.

4. In a bicycle-support, a standard comprising two uprights spaced apartfor the bicycle-wheel and adapted to support the ends of the axle upontheir upper ends, and angular clamping-levers pivoted at their angles tothe upper ends of the uprights with their horizontal arms overhangingsaid upper ends and their depending arms extending down alongside theuprights and provided with trans verse operating-screws, substantiallyas described.

5. In a bicycle-support, a standard comprising two uprights spaced toreceive the wheel between them and adapted at their up per ends tosupport the ends of the wheelaxle, and angle-clamps pivoted to the upperends of the uprights with one member projecting thereover and the otherextending downwardly and provided with a screw bearing against theupright, the depending clamp members being apertured opposite the axleends to receive the bicycle-Ste p, substantially as described.

6. The combination with the front and rear standards, each comprisinguprights pivoted together near their bases, spaced apart to receive thebicycle-wheels and adapted at their upper ends to swing toward eachother and support the ends of the wheel-axles, and parallel rodsconnecting said standards at oppo site sides of their pivots, of rollershaving supporting hangers or brackets mounted adjustably on said rodsand means for transmitting motion from one of said pulleys to the other,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY. IVitnesses:

W. L. MASON, F. E. KINGsBURY.

